I’ve been busy bringing color to the gray days of winter with my two projects for the Live.Craft.Love blog – DIY Wooden Geometric Wall Art and a Bungee Bling Necklace. Do you need to add some color to your days too? Go check these projects out!

DIY Wooden Geometric Wall Art

I love these wooden canvases – I have been using them for all kinds of fun art projects around my home, from making cute baby photo art, to letting my children paint on them for an instant gallery of kid art. For this project, I layered colored vellum onto the wooden canvas to create these colorful modern pieces of wall art.

Bungee Bling Necklace:

Bungee cord is a fun material to use in jewelry making, and these large hole Mix & Mingle beads just slip right on to create a perfectly easy jewelry project. This would be a fun one for teens to make!

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I have to admit, I am totally ecstatic about how this project turned out!  You might even say I’m downright giddy.  I’m also super excited that I got the chance to share a tutorial for it at The CSI Project today under the theme of outdoor spaces!  I’ve been gathering the parts for this project since spring, from the first moment I saw the blue plastic stemware on the shelves at Dollar Tree.  I’m also working on how to mount solar lights inside of it so that it actually functions as a light.  Thanks  to the CSI gals for having me again!  [how to make a plastic stemware outdoor chandelier]

Project estimate:

• 9  plastic wine glasses, $9
• 6 plastic hurricane glasses, $6
• 2 embroidery hoops, about $3
• Poly rope, $1
• Mardi gras beads, about $8
• Rhinestones, about $8
• Bungee cords, $1
• Glue, on hand

 Total:  about $36

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Here’s a cool update on the French memo board idea! This version uses mini bungee cords to create the gridwork that keeps your keepsakes and notes up on a board. This is a great idea for a more masculine (or neutral) office space, or a dorm room or boy bedroom. I like the circuit-board look of the bungee cords! If your budget is really low, you can skip the board and use the bungees directly on your wall (maybe paint a square on the wall a different color for a faux board). Great idea by DIY Life [make a bungee cord memo board] [via]

Mini bungee cords can be found at your local dollar store. You can either build the board from scratch as in the tutorial, or buy a readymade bulletin board at a thrift store or office supply place. I’m substituting a few dollar store items in my estimate here instead of some of the suggestions in the tutorial.

Project Estimate:

• 12-14 bungee cords, $3
• Roll of kraft packaging paper, $1
• Curtain clips, $5 and up
• Lumber or bulletin board, $5 and up
• Assorted tools, on hand

Total: $14 and up

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